Bag-holder.



L. A. DYKEMAN.

Patented July 16, 1912.

L. A. DYKEMAN.

BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21,1911.

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BAG-HOLDER.

Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented July 16,1912.

Application filed July 21, 1911. Serial No. 639,776.

To all whom it" may concern:

Be it known that I, LASON A. DYKEMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Maryland, in the county of Otsego and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Bag-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact de-,

scription.

My invention relates generally to store furniture and more particularly it is directedto an improved form of bag holder which is especially adapted for use on counters. v

The object of mv invention is to provide a new and improved holder which is adapt-- ed to contain a number of pockets of varying sizes whereby bags of varying capacities may be held in convenient position for use;

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the class described which consists of few parts and of simple construction, the finished appearance and structure of the holder being such that it has a pleasing appearance when in position for use on a counter.

Reference is to be had to the acco1npany ing drawings, forming a part of this speci fication, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof; Fig. 3 is another vertical sectional view at right angles to the plane of Fig. 2;.

Fig; 4, is a. perspective View of one of the pockets.

The holder is made up of a base 1' having the upwardly inclined sides 2, 3, which approach each other and are held together at the top by means of a vertical supporting rod 4 in engagement with each of them, the rod extending downwardly and through the base 1 and into a suitable support The sides of the holder are closed by means of the members 6, 7 which are removably secured to the base 1 by any suitable means such as catches 8. The top of the device is inclosed by a fixed portion 9 which is secured in position by means of the rod 1, the sides of the portion 9 being remote as at 10, 11, whereby a finished appearance is provided.

The holder is adapted to be turned on the base 5 when in position for use, a broad supporting surface and an easy contact being provided through means of suitable rollers 12, secured to the bottom of the base 1 and engaging the top flat surface of the support 5.

It has been before stated that the sides 6, 7, are removable and are secured in posi tion by means of the catches 8, engaging the base 1 and it may be noted that a similar catch 8 may be employed to hold the tops of the covers secured to the ends of the portion 9. These sides 6, 7, inclose the open space between the inclined sides 2, 3, of the holder, this inclosure forming a: suitable compartment in which cones of twine 13 may be carried, the twine being led to the outside of the holder through a suitable opening 14 in the top portion thereof; the

supporting means 15 for the twine may be conveniently made of a single piece of wire of the shape shown in Fig. 3, the lower ends thereof being in engagement with the base 1 of the holder.

The pockets for holding the bags are socured in position to the sides 2, in the following way. Each pocket is preferably of hollow rectangular construction of a depth sufficient to hold a desired number of bags, and adapted to be supported in the position shown particularly in Fig. 2. The outer end of the bottom of the pocket is provided with an upstanding part 16 which secures the plurality of bags in position; thelower pockets 20, 21, may be attached to the sides 2, 3, of the holder by stamping out .a. tongue 22 from the bottom of the pocket, the tongue or tongues engaging in a suitable opening 23 contained in the sides 2,

The second row of pockets 30, 31, are positioned on top of the lower pockets 20, 21, in a manner substantially the same as that previously described in this case, however, the tongues 22 engaging in suitable openings carried in the front upper member 33 of the pocket; the top row 40, 411, is secured in position on the second row in substantially the same manner. Of course it is obvious that instead of three rows of pockets only two rows may be used, or, in fact, any number of rows, the use of the greater number of rows simply calling for a larger frame and side members. In order to provide the finished appearance to the holder, the lower end of the top front member of each of the pockets is provided with a suitable roll 42 lying against the bottom of the next upper row of pockets, as shown particularly in Fig. 1. Each of the pockets is adapted to contain a quantity of bags, the folded bottom of the bags being held adjacent the bottom of each of the pockets, as shown in Fig. 1, each succeeding bag being removed by merely taking hold of the upper folded end of the bag, the up-turned end 16 of each pocket serving to retain the bags in posit-ion therein.

In place of the pockets shown in Figs. 1 and 2 a modified form may be conveniently used, such form being shown in Fig. 4L. In this instance the pocket comprises the bottom 50, the sides 51, 52, and the ends 53, the top front portion of the pocket being closed by the portion 54, the lower front portion having the Lip-standing part 55 against which the bags bear and by which'they are held inthe pocket; secured to the bottom 50 is a leaf spring 56 against which the bags are adapted to bear, the tendency of the spring being to keep the bags pressed upwardly and in convenient position for-use. I11 order to provide for convenient filling of the pockets the form shown in Fig. 4 has the end 53 cut away whereby a recess 57 is provided, the recess permitting the thumb and forefinger to properly position the lower ends of the bags within the pocket when they are being placed therein. This form of pocket is equally well adapted to the holder previously described and as shown in Fig. 1; both kinds of pockets may be used, it being noted that the pockets are so arranged that while the lower row contains two and the middle row contains two, the top row contains 3, the width in each case being the same, but the bags contained in each row being in each case of different caacity.

While I have shown the sides 2, 3, of the V holder inclined it is, of course, obvious that the same result, as far as the individual pockets are concerned, may be obtained by having the sides 2, 3, perpendicular and arranging the pockets at an angle to each of these sides rather than having them parallel with them as now, such a change, however, is rather one of taste or expediency than essential.

Of course it is obvious that the holder may be; made in different sizes and that the material of the various parts may be changed in order to provide holders adapted for use in different stores without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent A device of the class described comprising a support, a base having upwardly inclined sides revolubly mounted thereon, a plurality of pockets adapted to hold bags of different sizes positioned on the said inclined sides, each pocket being of rectangular construction and having a portion of one side thereof removed whereby bags may be inserted or withdrawn, each of the said inclined sides adjacent the bottom being provided wit-h openings, each of the pockets adjacent the bottom of the pockets being provided with tongues which are offset and adapted to enter the said openings whereby the pockets are held in position, the said pockets being also provided at their front side with openings adapted to engage with the offset tongues of the pockets lying thereabove whereby a unitary structure is provided.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LASON A. DYKEMAN. l/Vitnesses:

WM. H. S. LANSING, DANIEL O. PICKETT.

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